WVBR NewsMar 46 minSTATE LEGISLATORS AND LOCAL LEADERS: LOCAL ROADS AND BRIDGES NEED GREATER STATE INVESTMENT‘Local Roads Matter’ coalition again calls on Governor, Legislature to increase CHIPS base aid and restore ‘Extreme Winter Recovery’ funds
WVBR NewsFeb 201 minSenator Schumer Visits Ithaca to Urge Dept. of Veterans Affairs to Extend Benefits for Agent Orange-New York Senator Chuck Schumer (D) visited the Tompkins County Veterans Services office Thursday to urge the VA to add four new conditions t
WVBR NewsFeb 192 minLegislators Elect a Chair and Vice Chair to Lead the Legislature in 2020The Tompkins County Legislature made history Tuesday night in electing Legislator Leslyn McBean-Clairborne (D-Ithaca) to serve as its Chair
WVBR NewsFeb 102 minNew Hampshire primaries may be hampered by snowy weather conditionsAccording to research conducted by AccuWeather in 2016 that analyzed weather trends and its correlation to voting data, difficult weather co
WVBR NewsFeb 74 minUPDATED: Tompkins County Legislature Highlights February 4-7Tompkins County Clerk Appoints New Legislature Chair, Coronavirus Update, and Conference Center Vote Round Out TC Legislature Highlights
WVBR NewsJan 223 minHighlights of the January 21st Meeting of the Tompkins County LegislatureLegislators Remain Deadlocked Over Election of a New Chair for 2020
WVBR NewsDec 18, 20196 minHighlights of the December 17, 2019 meeting of the Tompkins County LegislatureDaniel Cornell Appointed Probation Director The Tompkins County Legislature, by unanimous vote, confirmed County Administrator Jason Molino’
WVBR NewsDec 13, 20192 minPanel Approves 2020 County Shared Services PlanThe Tompkins County Shared Services Panel, made up of municipal leaders from throughout Tompkins County, today approved Tompkins County’s...
WVBR NewsNov 26, 20193 minLegislature Asked to Urge Changes Regarding New York State Criminal Justice ReformThe Tompkins County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee today passed and advanced to the full Legislature a detailed four-page proposed
WVBR NewsNov 20, 20195 minHighlights of the November 19, 2019 meeting of the Tompkins County LegislatureTompkins County Adopts $.05 Fee on Paper Bags + other legislature updates.
WVBR NewsNov 11, 20191 minDO WE HAVE A DEMOCRACY CRISIS – WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT IT? League of Women Voters of Tompkins County Invites you to a special open members meeting to discuss: Do we have a democracy crisis?
WVBR NewsNov 9, 20192 minAuburn Memorial Medical Services Staff Deliver Petitions, Reveal Struggle for First Union ContractWorkers say management is stalling negotiations by refusing to agree to basic union rights already recognized at Auburn Community Hospital.
Grace FairchildNov 3, 20195 minPolitical Platforms, Potholes, and Population Density: Meet the Ithaca Democrats on Tuesday's BallotThe Ithaca City Democratic Committee hosted an election forum in the Borg Warner Room at the Tompkins County Public Library on Monday.
WVBR NewsOct 24, 20191 minEarly voting in Tompkins County!Election day is coming up. Do you know who you're voting for?
WVBR NewsOct 4, 20192 minAmerican Lung Association Statement Regarding Legal Challenge to Governor Cuomo’s Emergency Reg.American Lung Association Statement Regarding Legal Challenge to Governor Cuomo’s Emergency Regulations Stopping the Sale of all Flavored E-
WVBR NewsOct 2, 20195 minHighlights of the October 1, 2019 meeting of the Tompkins County LegislatureLegislature Approves Rifle Hunting Resolution, But Reserves the Right to Review in Two Years Culminating months of thoughtful discussion and
WVBR NewsSep 20, 20193 minHighlights of the September 19, 2019 meeting of the Tompkins County LegislatureNew Five-Year Contract Approved to Benefit Indigent Representation The Legislature, by unanimous vote (Legislator Henry Granison and Lesly
WVBR NewsSep 3, 20192 minHousing Home Rule Bill Signed into LawLate on Friday, August 30, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed S.6340/A.8225 into law, allowing Tompkins County to use local resources on the "dev
WVBR NewsAug 27, 20192 minCHILD VICTIMS ACT LEAVES MOST SURVIVORS BEHIND(ALBANY, NY) Recently the Fighting for Children PAC completed an analysis of claims filed so far under the newly passed Child Victims Act in
WVBR NewsAug 22, 20194 minFLORES CLASS COUNSEL RESPOND TO TRUMP REGULATIONS ON THE DETENTION OF MINORSToday the Trump administration issued regulations aimed at terminating the historic Flores settlement the Center for Human Rights and Const
